Long Island Motor Parkway
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Sep 17 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #50: The Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage
The 50th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Round Swamp Road Bridge in Old Bethpage. This "parkway" bridge was located just east of the Bethpage Lodge. (0 comments)
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Aug 25 2014
Mystery Foto #82 Solved: Aerial View of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field on September 1, 1948
Frank Feminas challenged you to solve another Mystery Foto. (16 comments)
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Aug 13 2014
Highlights from the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride
Last Sunday over 50 walkers and bikers met at Winchester Boulevard to support the Motor Parkway East project to extend the Queens Greenway to Alley Pond Park. (0 comments)
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Aug 11 2014
Mystery Foto #80 Solved: The East Embankment of the Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in the 1950s
Al Castelli of West Babylon challenged you to identify this week's Mystery Foto. (16 comments)
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Aug 09 2014
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Then & Now- The First Parkway Fast Food Restaurant
On June 24, 2014, information and photos were posted on the Halfway House Tea Room, possibly the first parkway fast food restaurant in the United States. (5 comments)
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Aug 04 2014
Mystery Foto #79 Solved: Bethpage State Parkway Under Construction In 1935
August has arrived, so it was time to focus on this week's Long Island aerial taken on August 11, 1935. (9 comments)
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Aug 02 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #49: The Botto Farmway Bridge in Old Bethpage
The 49th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Botto Farmway Bridge in Old Bethpage (the site is now located in Bethpage State Park). (2 comments)
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Jul 29 2014
Motor Parkway Trails #2: Lake Success
The second of the Motor Parkway Trail series for "exploring, biking and hiking" documents a 0.6 mile of the road in Lake Success with remnants of the pavement, the Great Neck lodge and two bridges. (4 comments)
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Jul 26 2014
Treasures Uncovered as Construction Begins at Levittown’s Historic Grandstand Location
In a special Kleiner's Korner report, Levittown resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Art Kleiner documents that construction has begun unveiling new Motor Parkway artifacts. (4 comments)
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Jul 21 2014
Mystery Foto #77 Solved: The Motor Parkway Garage in Floral Park
Gary Hammond forwarded this week's really challenging Mystery Foto. The photo was part of an ad placed in George W. Richardson's 1911 publication "Central Long Island and Its Attractions." (13 comments)
Know some of us wondering if there’s a relation with Damianos and Mr. Damiano, the lodge keeper and employee of The…